The mixer breaks the same morning my abusive ex finds me.

I thought I was safe in Pinebrook, Colorado. Six months of hiding, six months of building something that's finally mine -- a bakery, a life, a chance to breathe again. Then Derek's text arrives like a punch to the chest: I know where you are.

That's when Jake Morrison walks into my kitchen.

Hockey captain. Single dad. The kind of man who fixes broken mixers and doesn't ask questions when he finds you crying on the floor at 4 AM. His six-year-old daughter Emma needs a mom. His protective instincts need someone to save.

I'm not looking for love. I'm looking for survival.

But Jake doesn't see damaged goods when he looks at me. He sees a partner. Emma doesn't see her dad's charity case -- she sees the mom she's been waiting for. And this small mountain town doesn't see a woman running from her past.

They see someone worth fighting for.

Derek's not done with me. He's coming to Pinebrook, and he'll destroy anyone who gets between us. The safety I've built, the family I'm falling for, the man who's teaching me what love should feel like -- Derek will burn it all down to get me back.

Jake Morrison has spent his life protecting what matters most.

But can the hockey captain protect his heart from a woman whose past might destroy their future? And when Derek arrives with threats that could tear apart everything we've built, will love be enough to save us all?

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